June 12: Odule leads artistes to honour Abiola with stage play
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: PROMINENT artistes, veteran movie actor, Dele Odule, on Monday honoured the late acclaimed winner of the June 12 presidential election, the late Bashorun M. K. O. Abiola, with a stage drama. The play, which was the initiative of Odule, featured hundreds of artistes who took part in the event […]
Ogun declares June 12 public holiday in honour of Abiola
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: OGUN State Government has declared Monday, June 12 as a public holiday to honour its illustrious son, the late politician, Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola. The Secretary to State Government (SSG), Barrister Taiwo Adeoluwa, made this known at the weekend in a statement made available to journalists. Adeoluwa explained […]
Ogun plans media football contest to mark June 12
By Olusola AJIBIKE (Abeokuta) NIGERIA: THE Ogun State Ministry of Youth and Sports in Collaboration with the Fun Tuf Resource Centre will between Saturday June 10 and 12 organize a commemorative tournament among the media organisations in the state. The Youths and Sport Commissioner, Honorable Afolabi Afuape, said that the tournament is to honour […]
Journalists seek rebranding of June 12 celebration
NIGERIA: AN activist, Gbenga Gbesan and a public analyst, Fatai Akinbola, have called for the rebranding of the June 12 yearly celebration. The duo, who spoke on a radio programme, “Gentlemen of the Press” segment of the Sweet FM 107.1, said they wanted the event to wear a global look. According to the two […]
Who is afraid of a united Nigeria?
NIGERIA: WE have arrived again at the anniversary of June 12 Presidential Election, that event that laid bare the intent of the military dictator, General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, to subject Nigerians to an unending farce in the guise of seeking a credible national democratic election. For a time, the points went to the military […]
